Monday, September 8, 2014

Sept. 8, 2014

Well this week was
killer, we made lots of less active visits with the Hardy's since they are the
new Branch President, well I guess technically just him, but it was great to
get to go around the area in a car- this place is just way to hilly for me! Elder
Hall smokes me up those hills! Thankfully the visits were a success, we found
several part member families to work with, lots of back to school blessings,
and this week the church attendance was tripled! Whoa! It was great, if it
keeps up we soon will be sitting people on the steps up the stairs! We had
quite a few investigators come as well. Bobby is progressing great, he is
growing in his understanding of the priesthood and it is his desire to obtain
it! Love that man. I will send you a pic this week. Hopeton is doing well
also. We assigned him this past week with like a primary assignment to help
build his relationship with his mom cuz she isn’t going to let him get baptized
til she sees the changes! Thankfully, this Sunday we had a great chat with her,
she is seeing the changes and wants to learn how to strengthen her family and
learn more bout the church. But as far as his assignment went, was he had him
do one nice thing per day leaving behind a paper heart! Worked like a charm! He
is on date for the 20th and is excited to be a member. It’s sad to leave behind
so many great investigators, but the cool thing is as zone leader, and Elder Hall
as district leader, we will get to interview them for baptism!

We had transfer calls
this week, I will be back in Mo Bay tomorrow and Elder Hall is training, and
many other great changes are happening in the zone, although 3 of our stellar
missionaries are headed home. It’s weird to think that MY trainer goes home
next transfer! But it will be great, also I get elder carter back in Mo Bay. he
has 2 more transfers so that’s sweet!

One of the highlights
this week was Missionary leadership coordination meeting. I once again forgot
my notes... I’m bad at that. But one topic was chickungunya...(which i already
got) don’t worry its going away now.. then obedience and there are problems in
the mission, but Elder Cornish from the seventy said we are one of the more
obedient missions in the Caribbean, so that’s good but room for
improvement. One of the important parts
was training schedule being formed to outline all the meeting we will have in
the next year. We made our mission scripture D&C 6:3 with the theme of
reaping and sowing. also 1Nnephi 3:14-15 was brought up. Nephi’s brothers
had faith to sow(v14) they tried, (v15) Nephi had faith to reap! We will not go
back home til we find 4 progressing investigators, til god leads us to an elect
person, or something to that effect. and we have to have that attitude if we
want to baptize, not only baptize but prepare souls for the celestial kingdom!
And some won’t believe.. but leave them behind, we got the plates to get,
people to save, and must move forward like Nephi even sometimes by ourselves
not knowing before hand what we will do. That is the focus right now and I’m
excited. It was great serving with Elder Hall, I learned some great things, I
think Elder Whitlock did to. I’m excited to be back in our companionship and
tear some things up in Mo Bay!

Hope you are all
enjoying your next school year, and that you all will have a good week!
Seemed like traffic was lessened when school was in back home, but traffic is a
mad house with kids in school. Oh well, bless up and have a great week!